Actor DannyTrejo has made a film career out of
playing criminals. Before that, he made a career out of
being one. In town to shoot Robert Rodriguez's Spy
Kids, Trejo visited Travis High School to talk to
students about the lessons he learned the hard way.

Screens StoryJune 9, 2000, by Barry Johnson

"...The busboys at Güero's stare at DannyTrejo hesitantly, unsure if they should ask him for his autograph. At Travis High School, where he has come to make a presentation, students and teachers alike nervously clamor around the actor with their Sharpie markers and Polaroid cameras..."

"..."Could You Say No to This Face?" asked The Austin Chronicle when we chose to put actor DannyTrejo's image on our cover prior to his induction into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2012. Apparently, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences agreed when the Actors Branch nominated Trejo for membership along with 275 others on June 28...."

"...It'll be an explosive start to Fantastic Fest with the shoot'em up thrills of the world premiere of Machete Kills. Expect director Robert Rodriguez plus stars DannyTrejo and Alexa Vega in attendance for what FF head honcho Tim League is threatening a "literally blood red" red carpet affair...."

"..."When I came to Austin to do Machete, I took two of my partners with me," says DannyTrejo, laughing at one of many seriously weird/cool memories. "They were old gangbangers from way back, you know? And there had just been a big [UT] football game..."

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

Screens StoryAugust 24, 2012, by Marc Savlov

"...DannyTrejo, actor, Machete, Machete Kills, etc.: "I love making movies, but there have been some movies that I've worked on that have really been a job, you know? The director's in a bad mood, the makeup people aren't happy, maybe the film is having financial problems, and they brought all this stuff to work with them, so there's just tension, tension, tension. On Robert's movies, man, you talk about loving your job! You might be working 15-hour days, you might be exhausted, but it's all good because you're loving what you do..."

Fifteen years after first inception, Machete hacks its way into theatres

Screens StorySeptember 3, 2010, by Marc Savlov

"...Nine years after Robert Rodriguez first tagged DannyTrejo with the Machete moniker in Spy Kids and three years since the actual character made his outlandishly kickass debut in a Grindhouse faux film trailer, Machete – about a Mexican federale-turned-vendetta-happy avenger – is finally arriving to blow minds and burn down theatres for real. Co-directed with longtime Troublemaker editor Ethan Maniquis, Rodriguez's incendiary nod to his self-created "Mexploitation" genre is bristling with blacker-than-hell gallows humor (check out that gutsy "red band" rated-R trailer!), enough edged weaponry to restage the conquistadors' entire bloody history, and, yep, Robert De Niro as the senator..."

"...But high school, with its celebratory pomp and its easily identifiable types (the popular blonde, the hood with a heart of gold), isn't a bad metaphor for the eclectic mix of honorees at this year's ceremony, which has moved to ACL Live at the Moody Theater. That gold-hearted hood, natch, is DannyTrejo, who will accept the Patrón Honorary Texan Award on March 8..."